How to use barring in a sentence

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• It stretched from one side of the tunnel to the other, floor to ceiling, barring further passage.2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024. From the entry metric
• Such temperatures are impossible today barring a massive meteor strike or gigantic underwater volcano eruption.2005 September 16, Stephen Leahy, “The Dawn of the Hypercane?”, in ipsnews.net/news, archived from the original on 17 May 2008. From the entry hypercane
• I've not seen any genuine Harry Potter merchandise barring the journals and card games.2001 September 22, Marlene Powell, “Dumbledore, McGonagall et al”, in alt.gothic (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jan 2026. From the entry Potterish
• The bodies choked up the entrance, barring the egress of those behind.1904, “Chicago's Awful Theater Horror”, in Memorial Publishing Co., page 42. From the entry choke up
• Barring a child's late entry into school, the primary cause of a student being overage is grade repetition.1971, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Mexican American Education Study (parts 1-3, page 35). From the entry overageness
• The vegetationless site also contiguous to the woodlots has remained uncultivated for the past 10 years and barring weed growth has no other vegetation.1993, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Journal of Tropical Forest Science, volume 6, page 225. From the entry vegetationless
• Unless I had constant surveillance, with a changing of the guard, I could never succeed in barring our children from the Living Room.1969 spring, Tabb Thornton Farinholt, “Golden Mean Mammas”, in Alumnae Magazine, volume 39, number 3, Sweet Briar College, page 13, column 1. From the entry unbig
• Barring unexpectedly good or poor educational performance, or perhaps an unforeseen opportunity, it is possible to predict accurately the month and year in which one's full-time education will end.1990, Shirley Fisher, Cary L[ynn] Cooper, editors, On the Move: The Psychology of Change and Transition, Chichester, West Sussex […]: John…. From the entry anticipatability
• In barring the way, he is enacting a ritual which demands that the new way of patrilocal marriage pay its respect to the more ancient way of matrilocal marriage.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry matrilocal
• Then he noticed that the scar ran back into her hair, and Lower Appalachian towhead is the nearest thing in nature you will get to platinum blond, barring albinos.1959, Robert Penn Warren, The Cave, The University Press of Kentucky, published 2006, page 54. From the entry towhead
• Scotland's midfield was nullified, Dykes struggled to hold the ball up while, barring a small handful of forays by Robertson, there was a distinct lack of width from the Scots.2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport. From the entry boss

Meaning of barring

1. noun Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
2. noun The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
3. noun The exclusion of someone; blackballing.

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Questions about barring in a sentence

How do you use barring in a sentence?

Barring is used as a noun and preposition. For example: “Barring any further red tape, we will finally be able to open the restaurant.”

What is a short sentence with barring?

“Barring any sudden storms, the plane should arrive on time.”

What does barring mean?

Barring means bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.